I am Anubhav Jha, a Postdoctoral Associate in the Formal Theory and Quantitative Methods group. I obtained my Ph.D. in Economics from the Vancouver School of Economics, UBC.

My research lies in Political Economy. In particular, I study political rallies from a strategic perspective, latent effects of interest group advertising in U.S. House elections, whether social media ads can improve socio-economic outcomes and the allocation of government portfolios in parliamentary democracies. I develop new Structural Models to study these topics in depth.

Working Papers

• Rally The Vote: Electoral Competition With Direct Campaign Communication 
  • https://anubhavpcjha.github.io/files/pol_rally_and_pop_draft.pdf
• Do Political Parties Value Government Portfolios Symmetrically? Evidence from European Parliaments 1965-2018
  • https://anubhavpcjha.github.io/files/Draft.pdf
• Rallies and Popularity: The Case of Indian Parliamentary Election
  • ​​​​​​​ https://anubhavpcjha.github.io/files/Modi_Rallies_and_Popularity.pdf